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Sen. Mitch McConnell will give a talk at Northern Kentucky University on the legacy of former Sen. Jim Bunning.

McConnell and Bunning shared a close alliance through most of Bunning's 12 year career in the Senate. But the two had a falling out when Bunning withdrew in 2009 from his re-election campaign and publicly blamed McConnell for drying up campaign funds.

The two appear to have buried the hatchet as McConnell will deliver the lecture on Sept. 6 as part of a series at NKU entitled "Prominent Kentuckians in the United States Senate: The Lives and Careers of Kentucky's Most Influential ...